Newer Cars Rant, Why must they complicate things so much?!? Options

[d3ath2009]

Just wanted to rant about how newer cars are becoming less and less customizable. Honda has done a mid-life refresh of my current car that has a few little odds and ends I would LOVE to have on mine, but such things are impossible because of how stupid auto manufacturers have become. This refresh includes a new, much cleaner layout for the gauge cluster as well as an updated infotainment system. The new cluster looks better, but swapping is not possible due to everything they have routed through it (think new safety features, adaptive cruise, etc.) and forget about trying to update the odometer. The new infotainment, however, is the best upgrade to the whole damn car. It's amazing how something so simple as bringing back a volume knob instead of a stupid sliding feature on a touchscreen (and Apple Car Play) will make you envious. And of course that can no longer be swapped as modern units are coded to the cars computer and VIN. Stupid, stupid, stupid.. Whatever happened to the easiness of swapping out newer parts for newer features without needing a coding expert or dealership to make it work? I fear the golden age of easy customization and upgrading is behind us... Rant over... for now.

This post has been edited by d3ath2009: Nov 26, 2017 - 9:55 PM

[cheela]

I can't say much for new cars. newest car I own is my wife's 05 matrix and even that has enough issues for me to not want anything newer.
other than that I seem to be buying older cars each time and I don't regret those choices.
I can tune my car with a screw driver, no need for a fancy hi-tech computer and gizmos.

but I will have to say we live in a time of planned obsolescence. these makers WANT your car to break down. they want you to need to come back to them only for repairs. they make these cars with the given issues so you can keep coming back to "fix" it. just think of your fancy phones. it's made of $40 worth of material and it can't handle falling from knee height. it's made to break. I could care less for phones, I have a $150 piece of crap and if i break it, it'll make a good shooting target in my backyard.